Stan Lundine Explained

Stan Lundine
Office:Lieutenant Governor of New York
Term Start:January 1, 1987
Term End:December 31, 1994
Governor:Mario Cuomo
Predecessor:Warren M. Anderson (acting)
Successor:Betsy McCaughey Ross
Office2:Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
Term Start2:March 2, 1976
Term End2:December 31, 1986
Constituency2: (1976–83)
(1983–86)
Predecessor2:James F. Hastings
Successor2:Amo Houghton
Order5:18th
Office5:Mayor of Jamestown, New York
Term Start5:1970
Term End5:1976
Predecessor5:Charles B. Magnuson
Successor5:Steven B. Carlson
Birth Name:Stanley Nelson Lundine
Birth Date:4 February 1939
Birth Place:Jamestown, New York, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Sara Lundine
Education:Duke University (BA)
New York University (LLB)

Stanley Nelson Lundine (born February 4, 1939) is an American politician from Jamestown, New York who served as the mayor of Jamestown, a United States representative, and the lieutenant governor of New York.

Life and career

Lundine graduated from Duke University in 1961 and from the New York University School of Law in 1964.

Congress

A Democrat, Lundine served as Mayor of Jamestown, New York from 1970 until 1976, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

While mayor, Jamestown received national attention as a result of his Labor Management strategy. Jamestown, long the center of labor strife, became a model for labor/management co-operation. As a Congressman, Lundine brought his labor/management ideas to Washington, and was instrumental in developing legislation that created labor/management councils and employee stock ownership plans. He focused on finance, banking and economic development policy, and also served on the Science Committee. He was a subcommittee chairman on the House Banking Committee.

Lundine is the only Democrat to have represented the Western Southern Tier in Congress in the 20th century, and no other Democrats would do so until Democrats Brian Higgins and Eric Massa won both portions of the now-divided district in 2005 and 2009 respectively.

Lt. Governor

In 1986, Lundine declined to seek reelection to Congress. Instead, he ran for and was elected to be the Lieutenant Governor of New York, running alongside Mario Cuomo, who became governor in 1986. They were re-elected in 1990.

In 1994, Cuomo and Lundine were defeated for reelection by George Pataki and Betsy McCaughey Ross.

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